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Is SLASH Recording New GUNS N' ROSES Music This Weekend?

Slash will reportedly record guitar parts for some brand new GUNS N' ROSES material this weekend at singer Axl Rose's studio in Malibu, California. The news of the recording session was broken in a social media post by Kruse Kontrol Amplification, which performs amplifier modifications for customers...

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MICHAEL WILTON Says 'Intensity' Of QUEENSRŸCHE's Live Shows Found Its Way Into Music On 'The Verdict'

Michael Wilton says that being in a band that tours as much as QUEENSRŸCHE does has certainly had an effect on the musical direction of the group's latest album, "The Verdict". "The connection you get from the fans, seeing the joy in their faces, that is a high you can't do with medicine, you know,"...

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GUNS N' ROSES Keyboardist DIZZY REED Releases Music Video For 'Rock 'N Roll Ain't Easy' Title Track

GUNS N' ROSES keyboardist Dizzy Reed has released the official music video for the title track of his debut solo album, "Rock 'N Roll Ain't Easy". Reed says: "The video features HOOKERS & BLOW, was directed by my pal Scotty Slam (and Billy Baker) and was fun and relatively easy to make, almost count...

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BULLETBOYS, BLACK STAR RIDERS, Ex-BUCKCHERRY Members To Perform At Fifth Annual 'Ride For Ronnie'

The fifth annual "Ride For Ronnie" motorcycle ride and concert is set for Sunday, May 5, benefiting the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up And Shout Cancer Fund. Comprised of a motorcycle ride originating at Harley-Davidson of Glendale and culminating with a concert at Los Encinos Park in Encino, the "Ride F...

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SLIPKNOT's COREY TAYLOR Announces Another Southern California Solo Concert

SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor will play another solo show on Sunday, May 19 at Gardenamp in Garden Grove, California. Opening the event once again will be CHERRY BOMBS, the all-girl dance group led by Taylor's fiancée Alicia Dove. Upcoming Corey Taylor solo shows: Apr. 27 - North Sta...

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DUFF MCKAGAN Announces European Tour

GUNS N' ROSES bassist and New York Times best-selling author Duff McKagan, backed by Shooter Jennings and his band, has announced a European tour in support of the "Tenderness" album. The dates are as follows: Aug. 22 - Stodola - Warsaw, Poland Aug. 23 - Astra - Berlin, Germany Aug. 24 - Blue Moon F...

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GUNS N' ROSES, DEF LEPPARD, SLAYER, GHOST, MEGADETH, Others Set For EXIT 111 Festival

Exit 111 festival will debut with a heavyweight line-up that celebrates all forms of rock — from hard to classic, alternative to southern — when it debuts October 11-13 at the Great Stage Park in Manchester, Tennessee. The inaugural three-day event hosted by Eddie Trunk will be led by headlining slo...

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MICHAEL WILTON Says QUEENSRŸCHE Lost Its Chemistry With GEOFF TATE: We 'Have Moved On Happily Without Him'

QUEENSRŸCHE guitarist Michael Wilton says that "countless fans" have thanked him for revamping and revitalizing the band since the departure of original singer Geoff Tate. The current QUEENSRŸCHE lineup features Wilton and fellow original member, bassist Eddie Jackson, along with guitarist Parker Lu...

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L.A. GUNS Guitarist ACE VON JOHNSON Is 'Tired' Of Telling People He Won't Perform At M3 ROCK FESTIVAL

L.A. GUNS guitarist Ace Von Johnson says that he is "tired" of telling people that he will not perform at this year's M3 Rock Festival, set to take place next month in Columbia, Maryland. When M3 — one of the largest annual '80s rock-themed events in America, if not the world — announced its 2019 li...

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Former 'Headbangers Ball' Host RIKI RACHTMAN Launches 'Cathouse Hollywood' Podcast

With even dirtier stories than MÖTLEY CRÜE's "The Dirt", the new "Cathouse Hollywood" podcast, hosted by Riki Rachtman, presents all true first-hand accounts of never-before-told stories about some of the biggest names in rock. The infamous Los Angeles club was at the center of rock music's glory da...

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NEW YEARS DAY Announces 2019 'Unbreakable' North American Headlining Tour

NEW YEARS DAY has announced the "Unbreakable" headlining tour. Support on the trek will come from DIAMANTE and SAVAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT will be the opening the show. Tickets go on sale on Friday, April 26 at 10 a.m. local time. "We are SO excited to finally be headlining on our own tour," states lead...

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LARS ULRICH Looks Back On METALLICA's Appearance At FREDDIE MERCURY Tribute Concert

Lars Ulrich has recalled METALLICA's participation in the "incredible" tribute concert to QUEEN vocalist Freddie Mercury, which was held on April 20, 1992 in London. The event, officially known as "The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert For AIDS Awareness", remains the largest concert held in tribute t...

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Listen To DUFF MCKAGAN's New Solo Song 'Don't Look Behind You'

GUNS N' ROSES bassist and New York Times best-selling author Duff McKagan has released "Don't Look Behind You", a new track from his much-anticipated solo album, "Tenderness". "Don't Look Behind You" follows the recent release of "Chip Away" and "Tenderness". The full track listing for "Tenderness"...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Singer Thinks 'The Verdict' Is 'A Great Representation Of Where The Band Is Creatively Today'

QUEENSRŸCHE frontman Todd La Torre recently spoke with TNT Radio Rock. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the group's new album, "The Verdict": Todd: "We all wrote together as a band and came up with what we feel is a really go...

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DAVID ELLEFSON Says His 'More Life With Deth' Book Will Include Stories Of Earliest Days Of MEGADETH

MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson will release "More Life With Deth", the follow-up to his memoir "My Life With Deth", on July 16 via Jawbone Press. Co-written with Ellefson's business partner Thom Hazaert, "More Life With Deth" delves deeper into the later stages of Ellefson's career and is a thorou...